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Showing 57115720 of 49490 articles for Art. Cass. Civ. 2-2-2000 n° 98-15.675

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-20

I.-Pursuant to 1° of Article L. 444-5, practising professionals on 1 January of the calendar year shall provide the Ministers of Justice and the Economy, for the purposes of statistical verification,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Capital increase.

Article R3332-27

When the bonds referred to in article L. 3332-23 are not admitted to trading on a regulated market, these securities are valued at their nominal value plus accrued interest. In this case, either the i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Children admitted

Article R2321-2

Within ten days of the date on which the establishment opens, the director of the children's home shall send the director general of the regional health agency a declaration accompanied by the medical…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to bariatric surgery

Article D6124-290

I.-The holder of the authorisation for bariatric surgery must enlist the support of the multidisciplinary consultation mentioned in article R. 6123-211: 1° At least one of the doctors specialising in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-2

The members of the Board of Directors mentioned in article D. 6162-1 are appointed under the following conditions: 1° The staff representatives appointed by the medical committee and the works council…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration procedure for travel agents and other operators selling travel and holidays.

Article R211-20

The application for registration in the register referred to in a. of article L. 141-3 must be sent in writing, by electronic means if necessary, to the registration commission referred to in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-2

Members of the Council who are not ex officio members are appointed under the following conditions: 1° Representatives of the territorial assembly and traditional chiefs are appointed under conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater

…e equipment, materials or appliances, uses another company, under a subcontract governed by the loi n° 75-1334 du 31 décembre 1975 relative à la sous-traitance.2. A joint order by the ministers respon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Consultative bodies

Article D614-2

I. - The Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation is chaired by the Minister for the Economy or his representative. The Committee comprises seventeen other members:1° A Member of Par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article R4002-2

In the case of an application for partial access for the purpose of establishment, the competent authority will decide on the authorisation sought after obtaining the opinion of the committee of the h…

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